Is it just me or are the crickets out in force right now? My inbox is quieter than Charlie Sheen's frontal lobe.
The Daily Rejection
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The crickets were out in force for me for the first three days of this week, but then today I received two R's on old queries. Last week I received a request for a partial, and I'm still awaiting word on the revised full.
I've certainly got my share of crickets over here. Time to make some cocktails and pull up a chair - it's going to be a long wait.
I am really dying because I am waiting on a full, when the request came many other people also got requests for a full and since then some of them have been rejected (I know I am almost a cyber stalker) but I still have no word. Ugh...
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I'm in the same situation with one of my fulls! The agent requested mine on 5/1, and he's been steadily rejecting other fulls from the rest of May... but not mine yet. He confirmed receipt, so I know he has it. Just have to be patient!
Where do you guys get all the info? Agent blogs? I usually just check Beweares Reccomendations... here and Query Tracker to see how they're progressing on reading.
I look here mostly and then I check querytracker. That little convo bubble means a new comment has been made. People are pretty quick at updating their status.
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I got a rejection for a full that they had for a book that's already out. Glad I didn't wait the year it took for them to get back to me after no response to my nudges. 
Ahh, sorry Syd, that sucks. I'm sitting with 2 partial and 2 full out right now so any one id not likely to sting too much. But there is one great agency, one pretty good one and two mediocre ones, so it really depends.
Meanwhile I wait and try to keep my hopes as low as possible.
Meanwhile I wait and try to keep my hopes as low as possible.
Another one today. At least she didn't wait until Friday afternoon. I must say, however, that it was the kindest R I've gotten so far.
Dude! I totally feel you. I've gotten rejections because the 'dialogue is not riveting enough' but the agent only had three pages, of which there were a limited amount of characters/dialogue. He did however say he liked my concept too.
I think agents/editors are so over-queried, they decide to pursue further based on the first minute of reading lol
Sydney! I am so bummed for you.
I didn't get a rejection today, but I did sing Katy Perry's Teenage Dream while I was vacuuming today. And the lesbian cops next door were working in their yard and giggling at me.
DAMMIT I am so cool!
I didn't get a rejection today, but I did sing Katy Perry's Teenage Dream while I was vacuuming today. And the lesbian cops next door were working in their yard and giggling at me.
DAMMIT I am so cool!
Got a reject on a query I sent within 5 minutes of sending it.
Wow, I was about to write on how I got mine on the very day I sent it but I think am good.
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It's getting close to the critical date--two months since the first query for this ms was sent out. Most agents say that's when their lack of reply can be officially considered a rejection, so.
And this is kind of weird... I have about 30 queries out there, got about 10 form rejections so far and 1 full request, and that's it. No partials. Strange dynamics, I'd think it meant total fail if not for the full request. But if it's interesting enough to generate a full request from a popular agent, why is there such a total lack of interest from all other agents? *puzzled*
And this is kind of weird... I have about 30 queries out there, got about 10 form rejections so far and 1 full request, and that's it. No partials. Strange dynamics, I'd think it meant total fail if not for the full request. But if it's interesting enough to generate a full request from a popular agent, why is there such a total lack of interest from all other agents? *puzzled*
Because everyone is different. It confuses me too, but that's what I've come up with. That said, I think that it's probably time to look at your query again...it can't hurt, can it?
Back from vacation -- and no word from anyone. Sigh. With several old submissions, I've pretty much figured that "no response means no." One from October I nudged over a month ago and was told to resubmit and he'd get back to me "shortly." Uh huh. (This is a proposal, not a full.)
I also have a huge number of queries that have never been graced with a response.
If folks say no response in a certain amount of time (specified) means no, I'm cool with that. It is the not knowing that gets to me. But then, all of you know exactly what I mean.
At what point to I start rewriting as some agents have suggested and/or go to small publishers myself? I guess I know the answer to that...now.
I also have a huge number of queries that have never been graced with a response.
If folks say no response in a certain amount of time (specified) means no, I'm cool with that. It is the not knowing that gets to me. But then, all of you know exactly what I mean.
At what point to I start rewriting as some agents have suggested and/or go to small publishers myself? I guess I know the answer to that...now.
Most agents request either partials or fulls, sometimes an agent who requests partials will jump straight to a full if the writer has good credentials or something, but otherwise it's just their policy.
When a partial request turns around and becomes a full, that is significant, but a partial vs full off a query makes little difference unless there are a lot of pages attached to the initial query (which makes it sort of like a partial to begin with).
Writing is a tough gig. Remember you're competing with thousands of other writers for a handful of spots and very few succeed on their first try. Many are still failing after ten tries, although, most who get that far will find some level of success. If your book fails to catch on you just have to figure out how to do better on the next one.
Okay, I have a question. I'm trying to find an agent that represents a specific author. The problem is, I don't know who the agent is. I came across a site a long time ago that let you type in the author's name and it would tell you the agent, but I can't find it now. Have any of you found a site like that? Or am I stuck going through agent query and the like?
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